I Survived...

Brandi and her friend offer a ride to man who turns on them. Joseph and two other men are stranded on a rocky, barren island for 13 days. And Sam and Suzanne are kidnapped by a hitchhiker who forces them to drive several hundred miles at gunpoint.

Lonnie plays dead for four agonizing hours after her boyfriend chokes her and shoots her four times in the head. Rulon, a super-strong Olympic wrestler, gets stuck in a semi-frozen stream when he goes snowmobiling and faces a big decision -- should he wait to be rescued or submerge himself in the freezing water to save his snowmobile and find a way out? And when a wise-cracking federal prosecutor is abducted by men with machine guns, he uses his unique talents and personality to show rapport with his captors in hopes theyll release him.

Wayne and Mary woke up to find their farmhouse surrounded by a cloud of lethal chlorine gas following a rail derailment. While Holly and her boyfriend Chris were taking a quiet stroll near the railroad tracks, they were accosted by a man demanding money.

Three masked gunmen burst into Michelles home and order her to rob the bank vault where she works or theyll blow up her little girl. And teenagers Troy and Josh take a small sailboat out to an inlet, when they get swept out to sea for six days.

This episode tells the harrowing story of how two students and a professor at Virginia Tech University managed to survive the April 16, 2007, massacre at the school. One of the students, Colin, had to lay motionless and play dead as the gunman shot him four times. We also chronicle the amazing story of the Minneapolis school bus with 52 children that plummeted 45 feet when a Minneapolis bridge collapsed in August 2007. Trapped in her seat, driver Kim held the brake, keeping the bus from rolling backwards, as counselor Jimmy and his co-workers rush to evacuate the children, including Kims own daughter.

A romantic walk turns into a nightmare for two young friends when a man forces them into his truck at gunpoint and shoots them both. A snowmobile outing ends in a near-death experience for two brothers when they plunge through the ice of a frozen river. A woman is brutally attacked twice by the same gang of hoodlums.

An ordinary Friday at the Seattle headquarters of the Jewish Federation turns nightmarish when a crazed gunman demands an end to the war in Iraq and shoots four workers. A criminal justice teacher is shot multiple times and poisoned twice by an unknown assailant. A young woman swims through shark-infested waters in a desperate bid for survival.

After five ruthless highjackers take control of an EgyptAir flight and begin executing passengers, a woman silently says goodbye to her loved ones when the hijackers pick her to be the next one to die. A surfer loses half of the blood in his body when a great white shark clamps its jaws around his entire torso and shakes him like a rag doll. A young mother is repeatedly assaulted and strangled in front of her 3-year-old son.

A family is subjected to a vicious attack during a brutal home invasion; a rail yard worker risks his life to save a town; and a realtor is attacked by a man posing as a client.

A mother of three survives a prolonged attack from her estranged husband. A newly pregnant woman is horrifically injured when she is caught in a fish processing machine on a boat 160 miles from land. Ten people are held hostage in a library by a man armed with a bomb and a gun.

A mother is jammed into a trash can filled with snow and left to die. A young woman scrambles to escape a pile up of injured bodies after an escalator malfunctions at a sports stadium. A bar owner is savagely set upon by three men in a random attack.

A young woman is brutally assaulted then set on fire by her attacker. A man is forced to amputate part of his leg. An act of kindness backfires on a long distance motorist who is left fighting for his life at the roadside.

Brent finds himself face to face with a massive seven-foot-tall grizzly bear that begins to attack him. Susan engages in a gun battle with three masked men. And Denise must fight for her life when she is brutally assaulted by a man.

While out walking his dog in the woods, Timothy is attacked by a grizzly bear. Scott and Sean enjoy a fishing trip until a drifter arrives at their campsite, pulls a gun, and shoots them both.

A young runaway has her arms cut off in a horrific assault. A pregnant woman and her father flee a deadly firestorm. A woman survives multiple stab wounds in a drug fueled attack by her enraged boyfriend.

A 15-year-old is snatched off the street on an early morning run. A man goes head-to-head with a killer chimpanzee, and a woman is shot and left for dead in a freezer with two slain co-workers.

A couple fight for their lives in a terrifying home invasion. A lineman is electrocuted while working alone up a 35 foot power pole. And a woman makes a desperate dash for safety after being repeatedly stabbed by her ex-boyfriend.

A single mom is attacked by an old classmate after spurning his affections. A gold prospector survives five days in the Australian Outback. And a woman is left for dead after being carjacked then shot several times at close range.

A man and his wife survive a horrific plane crash. A heroic rescue bid goes horribly wrong for two firefighters caught on a drifting ice floe. And, a woman is beaten and left for dead following a violent home invasion.

Attacked in her home by a man hired by her husband, a woman fights back, killing him. A couple and their children survive against all odds when their yacht hits a reef in shark infested waters. A restaurant manager is left for dead.

A woman miraculously survives three gunshot wounds to the head. A family outing turns into a nightmare when they are attacked by bees. And a school library becomes a killing field as two gunmen go on a shooting rampage.

A boy wakes up one night and witnesses a vicious stabbing attack. A family is left stranded midair when the pilot of their small plane collapses. Twin sisters get caught in the line of fire when a fellow student goes on a shooting rampage.

A missionary working in Haiti is ambushed, shot and held for ransom by a gang. A tunneler returns to an underground shaft minutes after escaping to rescue two colleagues. And a woman outsmarts her estranged husband who has been leading a double life.

A soldiers New Years Eve turns into a nightmare when another soldier tries to kill him. A hunter breaks his leg in the remote New Zealand mountains. A girl comes home from school to find her sister killed and the murderer still in the house.

A dream vacation turns into a murderous nightmare for a girl when she is orphaned and left to drown on a sinking yacht; a volunteer aid worker in Haiti is buried alive in a collapsed building; and a truck drivers life is threatened.

A young girl is abducted and brutally raped in her car. A diver on a boat trip has a terrifying accident in the middle of the night. And a restaurant manager becomes embroiled in a violent domestic argument that leaves two people dead.

A woman fights for her life as her boyfriend stabs her. A man trapped for three days in his basement with his arm caught in a boiler faces an agonizing decision--amputate or die? And a teacher is carjacked by an armed fugitive.

A young woman is abducted by another woman who tries to steal her unborn baby from her body. A geologist is attacked by a 500 pound grizzly bear. And a woman is shot and held hostage by a drunk ex-Marine.

After being abducted at knifepoint and gang raped, a seven months pregnant woman has her throat cut and is left to die; a man survives the terrifying crash of a Boeing 737; and an armed man starts executing people inside a warehouse.

A canyoneering trip becomes a terrifying fight for survival when a flash flood launches three men over two massive waterfalls, and a 13-year-old boy is abducted and raped by a serial pedophile before being chained up in a buried box and left to die.

A store manager and his staff are held up and shot by two killers; an 18-year-old has both his arms torn off in an accident on the family farm; a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and assaulted by a serial killer.

A young woman is abducted and put through a horrifying eight day ordeal by a man who forces her to live inside a metal box. Two brothers are struck by lightning. A propane truck driver is attacked while making a delivery but she decides to fight back.

Abducted in the trunk of her own car, a woman suffers unimaginable horror. Trapped in the ruins of a tornado ravaged building a young woman prepares to die. And an eight-year-old girl is kidnapped by a man who leaves her to die in a field.

A gun-wielding man carjacks and sexually assaults two young women before one of them flees. A tornado sweeps through a mans home, dragging a sixteen wheel truck through his living room. And a 9-year-old girl is assaulted, kidnapped and held captive.

Eduardo and Jayne face a living nightmare when Eduardo is kidnapped, confined in a small box, brutally tortured, injected with tainted blood and shot twice. Over seven and a half desperate months, Eduardo must fight for life as Jayne fights to save him.

A teenage girl is seduced by a man and brainwashed into spending ten years as his slave; a hiker is nearly killed by a mountain lion and a woman is stalked and attacked.

A young woman is abducted at knifepoint and sexually assaulted. A farmer rips his own hand off to escape from a combine harvester. And a 14-year-old girl is left for dead at her home after having her throat slit.

A terrified mother is abducted in broad daylight and assaulted by a man who threatens to shoot her baby. A plane crash leaves a man swimming for his life 17 miles from shore. And a young woman must play dead in order to survive.

Two crimes of obsessive passion: A teenage girl is stalked and shot in the face by her jealous ex-boyfriend; a womans controlling husband resorts to violent rape.

An 8-year-old girl is abducted on her way home from school; a woman is viciously attacked with a knife and must scramble up a 100-foot hill to escape; a woman and her husband are shot while hiking.

A fourth-grader and two teachers are taken hostage in a classroom with 151 others; a couple honeymooning in Jamaica is attacked by an escaped mental patient with a wooden machete.

A woman answers a desperate plea for help from an ex-boyfriend and finds herself trapped and repeatedly raped during a hellish four hours before she is strangled; a young mother is stabbed over 25 times after breaking up with a Hollywood actor.

An intruder smothers a woman & hits her over the head repeatedly before stripping her naked & taking photos; a young woman walking home by herself is brutally knifed in the street by a serial killer.

A woman is kidnapped from her home, dragged into the woods, & sexually assaulted; a pilot and his friend spend 10 hours floating in the Pacific Ocean after their plane crashed; a woman survives being shot 6 times by playing dead.

An aspiring young model is sexually assaulted; a man trekking in Ecuador is kidnapped for five weeks; a familys movie night turns tragic when four armed people attempt to rob them.

A college freshman is sexually assaulted at gunpoint on the rooftop of her building; a worker at a chemical plant is trapped by raging flames after a massive explosion; a young woman is savagely beaten and sexually assaulted in her own apartment.

A journalist is kidnapped in the mountains of Pakistan by a Taliban faction and held prisoner for 45 days, constantly afraid that each day is to be the day of his execution.

2 Canadian forest workers are attacked by a bear. In Pensacola, Florida, an 8-year-old and her little sister are abducted by their mothers pedophile ex-boyfriend. He drives them into the woods where, after repeatedly raping the older girl, slits both girls throats leaving them to die.

A stockbroker is shot 5 times by a former client; two sisters are stranded for 4 hours in an icy Alaskan lake; a woman is abducted at gunpoint by a man with a grudge against her family.

A woman is brutally raped in her car by a co-worker who has asked for a ride home; a tornado lifts an entire house and smashes it 400 yards away—with the family inside it.

Two Minor League ball players are hogtied and robbed at gunpoint in their hotel; a fishing boat carrying a crew of 26 catches fire and explodes in the icy Bering Sea; a 19-year-old store clerk is abducted and sexually assaulted at knife-point.

When Hurricane Sandy hit the Eastern Seaboard, one man is swept out to sea in pitch darkness; a man is thrown overboard when the HMS Bounty starts to sink; a woman almost drowns as she escapes water floods in her house and a fire breaks out.

A teenage boy is abducted, sexually assaulted, and tortured; a nanny is attacked by a 14-foot Nile crocodile in a remote African river; a mother of two is abducted by a knife-wielding stranger who is covered in blood.

A woman is raped in front of her children before being shot in the head; a man is bitten by a deadly rattlesnake miles away from help; at a popular swimming hole, a sniper shoots and kills three teenagers.

A young woman is stabbed, abducted, & sexually assaulted; a man is sucked up 50 feet in the funnel cloud of a tornado; a womans husband is shot when her brother opens fire at Thanksgiving dinner.